Re: [Networker] NMC - "Can't decode result" error?

Hi Michael,

Greetings from another Philadelphian. 

The problem you describe is indeed strange. I work in a primarily Linux shop. 
On Linux, if I found that sort of issue, I would start sniffing packets going 
into and out of your NMC console server, so I suggest you do the same. Also, 
check your firewall and verify that no new rules were added or changed there 
recently.

On 01 19, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Michael Leone wrote:

> Here's a weird one. I run an NMC console on a Win XP VM (NW 7.6.2). Been 
> running fine for years. I have 4 NW servers (1 Network Edition, 3 
> Workgroup Editions). This morning, when I connect to the Network Edition, 
> I get an error of "Can't decode result", and then it says the server is 
> unavailable. Even odder - I get the same result with one of the Workgroup 
> servers (same error message, same server is unavailable). One of the other 
> Workgroup servers shows that "Can't decode result" message, .. but still 
> connects. I can see clients, groups, devices, monitor - everything. The 
> last Workgroup server? No error messages at all, everything is normal.
> 
> Strange, huh?
> 
> I cleared Java cache, temp files, the classic Windows solution of "reboot 
> - that fixes stuff". Nothing.
> 
> All the NW servers are running normally, based on the group completion 
> emails I am getting. I just can't access them using NMC anymore. Nothing's 
> changed on that VM that I can see - no programs installed, updated, or 
> removed. Correct version of Java (6.0.26). I get the same error from 
> another workstation, if I point my browser at that VM and try to run the 
> NMC that way.
> 
> Which tells me that it *must* be the NMC Console Server install on the XP 
> machine that has gone psychotic and anti-social, although I haven't found 
> a reason why it should suddenly stop working. 
> 
> I'm going to try completely removing the Console and Console Server and 
> re-installing.
> 
> Anyone ever seen anything similar? 

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